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I don't really think they treat the aircraft poorly, but rather that interior is not important and there isn't always much time or money allotted to non airworthy aircraft maintenance. Skydiving operations generally run on a small budget, even when cash flow is high. There are exceptions. The...

He’s kidding. Wear your parachute even if it’s not the best seat padding.

Never saw or heard that in 11 years of skydiving. Generally we are very respectful and appreciative of the pilots flying and busy enough with our own drama of who’s jumping who.

I'm exploring the possibility of joining a partnership of a cross-country capable plane. Here are the key details: Partnership Structure: Looking for a small group of committed pilots to share the joys and responsibilities. Expenses like maintenance, hangar fees, and insurance will be shared...

Two months ( and three solo flights comprising five hours ) after I passed my private check ride, I got checked out at a flight school to fly a 172S at KMKC (Metro Kansas City). I decided the next day to fly to KBUM (Butler KC Memorial ), 50 miles south, to do some touch and goes and then...

I appreciate your feedback and response. Thank you.

This method makes me nervous that I’ll damage the wing … am I scraping off the wax or paint? Although the plane hasn’t been waxed in 6 years. Someone in the club used an ice scraper on an 172 windshield a few years ago and the windshield had to be replaced. I’m worried the credit card is as...

Can I blow warm air from a hair dryer on the wings to encourage the frost to turn to water?

Wait? Y’all planning a Midwest lunch and measuring in eastern time zone? Shouldn’t you measure in Lambeau time?

Do you work at a control tower without an ATIS?

Wouldn’t they also announce this on the weather? It would become an atc tower, but it would be in the same weather frequency as pre-tower: “ … winds 220 @ 5, altimeter 3005 runway 23 in use; notam: NCD airport now tower controlled on 119.8 ; advise on initial contact you have uniform”

Speaking of car chasers. I had a girlfriend with a dog who would run out the door and around the yard like crazy. She was terrified it would get hit by a car. Any time I didn’t stop the dog, she would be angry and yell for the dog. I can hear her now , “Marley!! Marley!!! Come here...

I downloaded the IPH from the FAA website on both my phone and my windows computer. Both of them have several graphics where the letter combination fl, fi or ff have blank spaces instead of the letters. Has anyone else noticed? Page 48: (1-32) page 32: (1-16) Page 22: (1-6)

Lambeau Time!

with yesterday's 7.9 , I flew 85.9 in 2023. I also flew on both the first day and the last day of 2023.

Had a variety of controller interactions today. The morning controllers seemed in good spirits despite having to work the holiday. There were a lot of “Happy New Year”s exchanged between pilots and controllers. The evening controllers were not so cheerful. I don’t blame them, but the...

Thank you for explaining. FWIW I’ve read many of your posts and they helped build your credibility.

In this I agree with you.

Not sure I agree with this. Maybe the Court of opinion has spoken, but further discussion could change opinions if new information is presented or old information clarified. I for one have appreciated the conversation back and forth and remember the Hawaii accident. I have two questions I’m...